WATCH: Woman saved by crowd of commuters after being run over at bus stop

WATCH: Woman saved by crowd of commuters after being run over at bus stop

THIS is the moment a crowd of commuters saved the life of a woman who was run over while waiting at a bus stop.

Published 5th April 2016

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SCARY: This is the moment a crowd saved a commuter after being run over

The Sedan vehicle reversed into the unsuspecting victim while she waited for her bus home - and more than a dozen people dashed to her side to help.

The woman, unnamed in reports, can be seen standing by the roadside near throngs of others during the evening rush-hour when a car suddenly reverses, pinning her against the pavement near the bus stop.

Surveillance footage from Chenzhou, a city in Central China's Hunan Province, captures the horrifying moment dozen of commuters realised that the woman was trapped beneath the out-of-control vehicle.

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EXCUSES: He claimed that his improper usage of the car’s handbrake had caused the accident

As a dozen pedestrians crowd the small Sedan, around six or seven men work together to lift the car off the injured woman, then together they carry it several feet forward away from the woman to create space.

Reports said the trapped woman suffered severe chest injuries, having been crushed and pinned under the heavy chassis of the car.

However, thanks to the quick actions of the heroic pedestrians, she was sent to hospital in time and has survived the ordeal after people in the crowd called an ambulance to the scene.

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PUNISHED: He will be asked to cover the woman's medical bills

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HEROES: More than a dozen people helped the woman

She is currently recovering in hospital. The male driver, also unnamed, was later detained by police over the incident.

He claimed that his improper usage of the car's handbrake had caused the traffic accident.

He will be asked to cover the woman's medical bills, but it is unclear what further punishment he might receive from authorities.